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IRIDE/E, ISisi/rinchium. 



OuD. XVI. IRIDE.E. Juss. 



1. IRIS. X. 



1, /. versicolor, L, — Bot, Mag. t. 21 



Hab. Canada. Pursh, 



2. I. Virginica. L. — Bot, Mag, t, 703. — I. hexagona. IValL — I. lacustris? Niitt. 



Hab. Canada. PwrsA. C/e^/io?'»; to the Saskatcliawan. Dr Richardson, Drummond, New Brunswick. 

 Mr Kendall, 



3. /. tridentata, P>^.— I, tripetala. Walt, {not Thunh,) Bot. Mag, t, 2886. 



Hab. Canada. Mrs Sheppard, — Mr Herbert observes, " there are intermediate forms between //■iWe/i/a^r/, 

 of which the petals are nearly obsolete, and Virginica, for the most part with a naked unbranched stalk, 

 furnished below with a great foliaceous bract, sometimes with a short secondary branch proceeding from it." 



4. /. Caurina, Herb. mst. 



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HaJs. Canada. CleyTiorn. Goldie, Dr Todd, — Under this name, Mr Herbert has marked in my Her- 

 barium specimens of an Iris, of which I will not venture to draw up a character from the dried specimens ; 

 but which will doubtless be a subject of remark in the Monograph of Iride<s, preparing for the press by that 

 zealous botanist. The note made by Mr Herbert* is to the following effect: "Iris Caurina, W. H., caule 

 simplici vel ramulo inferiore minore breviore ;" and further, ** this plant has certainly the aspect of /. 

 tridentata, but its petals are perfect, and the main distinction between its flower and that of Virginica is 

 thereby removed, the tridentate petal being only an imperfection. The sub-equal fork characterizes I. 

 Virginica.^* 



5. L hmmatopkylla, Fisch, — Sweet, Fl. Gard. t. 118 — T, Sibirica, 7. sanguinea. Ker, 

 in Bot. Mag, t. 1604. — 1. sanguinea. R. and S, — (3. Valametica ; flore pallidiore? Herb, 

 tnst, 



Hab. River Walamet, N, W. America. Tolmie, — '* Folia acuta erecta, circiter pedalia ^ unc. lata basi 

 rubra scapo non Jistuloso breviora, bractea inferiore foliacea amplexicauli, superiore minore vel nulla, spatha 

 subtriunciali biflora acuta pedunculum superante, germine trigono, perianthio cserulescente, pelalis angustis 

 cristas angustas superantibus.** W, H, in Herb, nostr. 



6. /. teiiax. Dough in Bot. Reg. t. 1218. Bot. Mag. t. 3343. 



Hab. Common on dry undulating open grounds, from Cape Mendocino to Puget Sound, N. W. America. 

 Douglas, Tolmie, Dr Gairdner. Newfoundland. Dr Morrison, , New Brunswick. Mr Kendall. — My 

 specimens from Newfoundland and New Brunswick exactly resemble those of the N. W. Coast, and are 

 without hesitation referred to it by Mr Herbert. 



2. SISYRINCHIUM. L, 



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1 . S. mucronatum. Mx. 



Hab. Lake Huron to the Saskatchawan. Dr Todd. Dr Richardson, Drummond, N. W. America, 

 Fort Vancouver. Douglas, Dr Scouler. Walamet River. Tolmie. 



